The
Cat recommends the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DBNYwxDZ_pA
{
The Cat dispatching this archaic reptilian remnant of an extinct species. Yet, doesn’t
the ill-fated croc seem to be smiling a typically wide grin as if to say, ‘he’s
glad to be done-in by such a noble creature as the Cat’ (as opposed to lesser
species including all forms of apes and their progeny, potentially even winding
up as a pocket-book, belt, or pair of shoes). Yes, there’s a place in the
universe for Cats! }
FLASHBACK:
Government has shut down 17 times since 1976...
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10-4-13 There was a server glitch/downtime on web server which precluded upload
/ bluehost.com techs confirmed the same (attack?); and, as always, reliably and
diligently resolved the problem. }
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George Washington Post date:
10/07/2013 - The Bible and Nobel Prize Winning
Economists Agree: “When The Sentence For A Crime Is Not Quickly Carried Out,
People’s Hearts Are Filled With Schemes To Do Wrong”
Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 15:24 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 18:42 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 18:01 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 17:21 “Diminishing Superpower” This was the headline streaking across the
weekend edition of the Jakarta Globe, one of the largest newspapers in
Indonesia. The photo beneath was of Barack Obama, his lips pursed and eyes
steeled as if he was fighting back tears. Or perhaps staring off into the
fiscal abyss. The subheadline read: “Obama’s APEC absence symbolic of US waning
influence in Asia.” It’s so
obvious to everyone else that the US is in terminal decline. As history has
shown so many times before, this is exactly how the end begins. Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 16:39 Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/07/2013
- 16:11 Weakness at the open last night
extended lower during Europe's early session - testing the 11-month trendline
levels for the S&P 500. As the US day session opened we bounced gloriously
on the shoulders of JPY-driven mania (and absolutely and utterly no news) but
as usual that lasted only as long as POMO and the markets stumbled along for
the rest of the day - until IB raised margins and then the high volume dump
started. All equity indices
dived and VIX surged by its most in over 3 months above 19%.
Away from the schizophrenia in stocks, FX markets were quiet after an early
eruption in vol (USD -0.25% on the day); Treasury yields were 1-3bps lower (but
off their best levels); Silver spiked near the open (as did Gold) and held
gains. Stocks close at their
lows with an ugly dump. Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 15:52 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 15:00 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 14:33 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 13:57 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 13:32 Perhaps, in an epic display of Mother
Nature's wrath, the idiocy that is being exhibited in Washington will come to
an end as the entire CD Metro Area is now on Tornado Watch. Of course, should
the horrible weather event strike, it will be nothing less than a politician's
dream to walk among the rubble and explain how it was "the other side"
that caused this... Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 13:01 On September 26, when we wrote "As
US Default Risk Spikes To 5-Month High, Here Is How To Trade The Debt Ceiling
Showdown", we suggested a simple 1M/1Y Bill flattener, which has since
resulted in a massive profit to those who put on the trade with appropriate
leverage, leading to the steepest outright inversion the short-end curve has
seen on record. For those who engaged in this trade, it may be time to book profits
and move on, as the risk of a negative catalyst - a shutdown/debt ceiling
resolution - gets higher with every passing day that we move closer to the
October 17 X-Date. However, those who wish to remain engaged in the short end
of the bond market where the highest convexity to the daily newsflow can be
found, one possible alternative trade is to shift away from cash markets, and
into shadow banking, via the repo pathway. Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 12:48 It would appear that President
Obama's comprehension of the meaning of the word "negotiate" is
different from that taught in the new "common core". Speaking at an
event at FEMA, he noted: *OBAMA: WILL NEGOTIATE
AFTER GOVT OPENS, DEBT CEILING RAISED But given his comments last week on
the markets' need to see this as a crisis, perhaps the best word to use to
describe this farce is "inconceivable." Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 12:17 As we
noted earlier there are some 'possible' scenarios that enable payments to be
made on Treasuries prioritized over other payments but it would appear the
short-term Treasury Bill market is becoming not just increasingly anxious about
a technical default but is bringing
that "X" date closer and closer. The 10/31/13 bill had been the
"most risky" of the short-term bills until this weekend but the lack
of a deal and no indication
of a resolution any time soon has seen risk piling up in the 10/17/13 and
10/24/13 bills - the latter now at 16bps (that is 4 times the yield on the
11/21/13 bill). The 1-month-1-year spread is still inverted
(even as USA CDS compresses on the day). Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/07/2013 - 11:50 CHINA,
JAPAN WARN USA ON DEFAULT Feds issue $8,323,949,000,000 in new Treasury securities... Soldier
stabbed to death in possible hate crime... Woman
tries to ram car into White House barricade... { Typical niggers … perfect
match for that other recent vintage killer, nigger, aaron alexis } Paul Joseph Watson
| Group plans to arrest members of Congress on Friday. Julie Wilson |
Whistle-blower calls out government in Facebook posts, gets threatened by the
DOJ. Kit Daniels |
NTSB neglects safety of maintenance workers just like the DOJ neglects safety
of abducted children. Kurt Nimmo |
Interminable war on terror requires dramatic events to condition war-weary
public. Steve Watson | Website restored after
possible re-routing scam exposed. Paul Joseph Watson
| Former Ambassador labels video “stunning fakery”. Kurt Nimmo |
Incident reveals CIA and Saudi proxy war against Syria not going well. Paul Joseph Watson
| Vast majority content to watch pop star lick sledgehammer while country
collapses. ‘Sugar
Daddy’ Website’s Memberships Soar Following the Govt. Shutdown Julie Wilson |
50 percent of the dating website’s new subscribers are single moms. Rand Paul: It’s ‘irresponsible’ of Obama to talk about default
Washington Post | Sen. Rand Paul
(R-Ky.) said Sunday that it’s “irresponsible” for President Obama and his allies
to be talking about the prospect of defaulting. America’s Laziest Postman, Or What “Essential” Government Money Is
Spent On Zero Hedge | After seeing this, it
may be no wonder the rest of the non-mail-providing-public in the US goes
“postal.”… Kit Daniels |
NTSB neglects safety of maintenance workers just like the DOJ neglects safety
of abducted children. Steve Watson | Website restored after
possible re-routing scam exposed. Paul Joseph Watson
| Former Ambassador labels video “stunning fakery”. The Last Refuge | The National Park
Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this
week. ktnv.com | The government shutdown is
being felt close to home for some locals. They say they’re being forced out of
private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land. The Washington Times | The National
Park Service has closed privately run marinas, restaurants and inns throughout
the country. Paul Joseph Watson
| Vast majority content to watch pop star lick sledgehammer while country
collapses. Prison Planet.com
| Russell Brand talks to Alex Jones about humanity’s spiritual revolution and
the source of the elite’s power.. U.S.
Republicans will not pass ‘clean’ debt-limit increase: Boehner Reuters | U.S. House of
Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that there is “no way”
Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure. Markets Tumbling All Around The World — Economy Set To Slow — Debt
Ceiling Crisis Grows Business Insider | Good morning!
Markets are tumbling around the world. Recovery: ‘Families Hoard Cash 5 Years After Crisis’ cryptogon.com | If families, acting
in their own best interests, “Can starve the global economy,” something is very
wrong with the global economy. Obama Complains About Lack of Same Spending He’s Pledged To Veto
New American | President Obama
complained about the shutdown of parts of the federal Head Start pre-school
nutritional assistance program in his weekly address. RoLLeRDoPeS,
SaVY BuSiNeSSMeN AND A GuM CHeWiNG TWiSTeD SWiNDLeR... Posted by :
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Post date:
10/02/2013 - 13:16 Clear
all food and beverages now! Submitted by williambanzai7 on
10/02/2013 13:16 -0400 The
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10/05/2013 - 18:38 What is flailing is the vast
expanse of the Main Street economy where the great majority have experienced
stagnant living standards, rising job insecurity, failure to accumulate material
savings, rapidly approach old age and the certainty of a Hobbesian future
where, inexorably, taxes will rise and social benefits will be cut... He calls this condition
"Sundown in America". Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/05/2013 - 14:01 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/05/2013 - 12:48 The irony of Jesse Ventura calling
for a new "American Revolution" in a conversation with Brit Piers
Morgan is not lost on us but the former Governor of Minnesota asks some
awkwardly open questions in this 'colorful' interview. Ventura asked if the
government's shut down, "That should mean we shouldn't have to pay any
taxes, right?" He called
for another American revolution to push back against the "corrupt
system" created by Democrats and Republicans in Washington.
He told Morgan the two-party system has legalized "bribery" for
access, suggesting he's fed up enough to actually run for president in 2016.
Ventura called both parties "gangs," and Morgan admitted he had to
agree, adding that they're "overpaid, underworked children!" The
discussion then veers from Obamacare, Ventura's run for President, and the JFK
conspiracy. Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/04/2013 - 22:18 When the NSA sorts through American
communications to find terrorists, what is their accuracy in identifying one? Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/04/2013 - 21:50 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/04/2013 - 21:02 83%
of Federal Government Still Operating... NYT
Reporter: Administration 'most closed, control-freak I've ever covered'... Washington
at War: Political animosity reaches new, personal level... Navy
SEALs Stage Raid on Somali Militants... { Truth be told, back when those
uncivilized apes paraded around those 18 dead soldiers, if up to me, I would
have carpet-bombed 18 square miles of the center of Mogadishu until but a
barren parking lot devoid of any life whatsoever would have remained. } Budget
stalemate persists as focus shifts to debt ceiling... Government
Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On Posted by :
George Washington Post date:
10/04/2013 - “Spies … Can Now, For The First Time,
Monitor Everything About Us, And They Can Do So With A Few Clicks Of A Mouse
And – To Placate The Lawyers – A Drop-Down Menu Of Justifications”
James Roy, 26, has spent the past six years paying off $14,000 in
student loans for two years of college by skating from job to job. Now working
as a supervisor for a coffee shop in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles, Ill.,
Mr. Roy describes his outlook as "kind of grim." "It seems to me that if you went to college and took on student
debt, there used to be greater assurance that you could pay it off with a good
job," said the Colorado native, who majored in English before dropping
out. "But now, for people living in this economy and in our age group,
it's a rough deal." Young adults as a group have been
experiencing a tremendous amount of economic pain in recent years. The
following are 30 statistics about Americans under the age of 30 that will blow
your mind... And this trend is not just limited to
the United States. As I have written about frequently, unemployment rates
for young adults throughout Europe have been soaring to
unprecedented heights. For example, the unemployment rate for those under
the age of 25 in Italy has now reached 40.1 percent. Simon Black of
the Sovereign Man blog discussed this global trend in a recent article on
his website... Youth unemployment rates in these countries are upwards of 40% to
nearly 70%. The most recent figures published by the Italian government show
yet another record high in youth unemployment. An entire generation is now coming of age without being able to leave
the nest or have any prospect of earning a decent wage in their home country. This underscores an important point that I’ve been writing about for a
long time: young people in particular get the sharp end of the stick. They’re the last to be hired, the first to be fired, the first to be sent
off to fight and die in foreign lands, and the first to have their benefits
cut. And if they’re ever lucky enough to find meaningful employment, they
can count on working their entire lives to pay down the debts of previous
generations through higher and higher taxes. But when it comes time to collect… finally… those benefits won’t be
there for them. Meanwhile, the overall economy
continues to get even weaker. In the United States, Gallup's daily
economic confidence index is now the lowest that it has been in more than a year. For young people that are in high
school or college right now, the future does not look bright. In fact,
this is probably as good as the U.S. economy is going to get. It is probably
only going to be downhill from here. The system is failing, and young
people are going to become even angrier and even more frustrated. So what will that mean for our
future? Please feel free to share what you
think by posting a comment below... The launch of Obamacare has been a
complete and total nightmare so far. The “online exchanges” are
constantly crashing, there are endless glitches and delays, and many of the
people that actually have been able to successfully register for an account are
discovering that health insurance premiums under Obamacare are far higher than
what they are used to paying. In fact, as I wrote about the other day, some Americans that
have had their old policies canceled by their insurance companies are
discovering that their health insurance costs will double or even triple under
Obamacare. What a great “success”, eh? Under Obamacare, Americans
are going to pay more for health care, they are going to have more limited
health care options, they are going to be subjected to much more paperwork, and
if they choose not to participate in the system they are going to be hit with
very punitive fines. What’s not to like? But despite all of the negatives, a
lot of Americans were actually looking forward to (Read More....) GALLUP:
OBAMA FALLS TO 41%... $63B
Spent, $26B Taxed, $1.6B Borrowed in First 2 Days of 'Shutdown'... 'DUCK
DYNASTY' Star Claims Editors Cut Jesus' Name From Prayer At End Of Show... UPDATE:
Off-duty NYPD cop stood by while bikers beat dad... REPORT:
Feds seize grocer's bank account for no reason... SHOCK
VIDEO: Obama Supporters Don't Know What Party Obama Is Affiliated With! Happy
Birthday: Tax Code Increases 73,208 Pages Since Inception... Former
NSA/CIA Chief Jokes About Putting Edward Snowden on Obama's Kill List... Government
Shutdown Not Slowing Down Warmongers Posted by :
George Washington Post date:
10/03/2013 - Warmongering Continuing Full Speed Ahead
…The government shutdown isn’t slowing down the warmongers. For example: As Ron Paul notes, military spending will increase 18% even after the sequestration “cuts”: Reducing spending on militarism would not only help balance the budget,
but would enhance our security.Yet
both the House and the Senate continuing resolutions not only fail to reduce
military spending, they actually authorize $20 billion more in military
spending than authorized by the “sequestration” created by the 2011 Budget
Control Act. Most of the supposedly “draconian” sequestration cuts are
not even cuts; instead, they are “reductions in the planed rate of spending.”
This is where Congress increases spending but by less than originally
planned—and yet they claim to cut spending. Under sequestration, military spending increases by 18 percent instead of by 20 percent over the next ten
years. Yet some so-called conservatives are so opposed to these phony cuts in
military spending that they would support increased taxes and increased welfare
“military” spending. This “grand bargain” would benefit the DC political class
and the special interests, but it would be a disaster for the American
people. Of course, we wouldn’t be in this crisis of hitting
the debt ceiling in the first place if we hadn’t spent so much money on
unnecessary wars … which are horrible for the economy. And as John Whitehead writes: The one area not impacted in the least by a government shutdown will be
the police/surveillance state and its various militarized agencies, spying
programs and personnel.
Take a look at the programs and policies that will not be affected by a
government shutdown, and you’ll get a clearer sense of the government’s
priorities — priorities which have … little to do with serving taxpayers and
everything to do with maintaining power and control, while being sold to the
public under the guise of national security. Postscript: Those who say that
soldiers won’t be paid are wrong. Active-duty military service
members, plus civilians and contractors with the departments of Defense and
Homeland Security support active-duty troops and guardsmen, will still be paid during the
temporary cessation of most government activities.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/03/2013 - 17:03 I would encourage investors to
know you're in a fool's paradise, be careful, and when people start singing
praises, say, 'I've
been to this party before, and I know know it's time to leave.'" -Jim Rogers Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/03/2013 - 20:40 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/03/2013 - 20:04 Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/03/2013 - 12:32 Presented with a stunned level of
WTFness... the Obamacare Help-Line -
available 24/7 is 1-800-318-2596 as we have been told a number of times by the
President... it seems someone did not do their due diligence on
what that telephone number's mnemomic is... 1-800-F U-CKYO Indeed, Mr. President, 1-800-318-2596 to you too. Of course not everything is operating
normally during this government shutdown. Government parks are
closed. The EPA and the Department of Energy have almost totally closed
up shop. But overall, most Americans are not going to notice much of a
difference. And perhaps now is a good time for
the American people to evaluate whether or not they actually need a gigantic
federal government that wastes enormous mountains of our money. For example, our federal government
recently spent $98,670 to construct a single outhouse in
Alaska. That is more than a lot of Americans
pay for their entire houses. For many more examples like this,
please see my previous article entitled "The
Waste List: 66 Crazy Ways That The U.S. Government Is Wasting Your Hard-Earned
Money". It is about time that Washington D.C.
started experiencing some of the "belt-tightening" that the rest of
the country has been going through. For far too long, the fatcats in D.C.
have been living in an alternate reality where they have been able to live the
high life at our expense. A recent blog post by Daniel Greenfield discussed how this
shutdown is going to affect the alternate reality that the Obamas have been
living in... The government shutdown has forced Obama to make do with only a quarter
of his 1,701 person staff. That would leave 436 “vital” employees. The 90
people who look after his living quarters would be slashed to 15 to “provide
minimum maintenance and support”. Buckingham Palace, which is twelve times the size of the White House
and has its own clockmaker, only has an 800 person staff. King Harald V of
Norway and his court make do with 152 staffers. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
gets by with 203. On Twitter, Michelle Obama announced that she is unable to Tweet on her
own without the aid of all of her sixteen assistants; many of whom take home
six figure salaries. There are more directors, associate directors and deputy
associate directors on Michelle Obama’s staff than there were in George
Washington’s entire administration. Presidents have fought wars and made peace, explored and annexed vast
territories and built a nation out of a handful of colonies with fewer senior
staffers than are needed to handle Michelle Obama’s Twitter account. Oh the humanity! Will Michelle
Obama ever tweet again? And how will the White House continue to function
without at least one projectionist
on duty at the White House 24 hours a day? No wonder Barack Obama is so upset
about this shutdown. In the end, this shutdown could turn
out to be very good for America. We have a government that is wildly out
of control and that desperately needs to be reigned in. During the Obama administration,
federal debt held by the public has risen by 90 percent, and overall federal
government spending has risen by a whopping 317 percent since 1990. So is it really a bad thing that the
federal government has been forced to cut back for a little while? Our politicians can whine and cry all
they want. They won't be getting any sympathy from me. CRAZY DEMS
UNLEASHED: Angry name calling, bombastic insults, rhetorical bullying... SIGN
UP: 1-800-FUCKYO... 'WORSE
TODAY THAN YESTERDAY'... Feds
shut down D-Day beaches, cemetery in Normandy...
DR FeKYLL AND MR HYPe
Posted by :
williambanzai7
Post date:
09/30/2013 - 9.30.2013 in Nutshell... Submitted by williambanzai7 on
09/30/2013 11:45 -0400 . Mark Hulbert Market
overvalued, CFOs say Commentary: Chief financial officer survey on stock
valuations is worrisome for these reasons. { The reality is that for quite some
time, valuation in any meaningful sense has become largely irrelevant; and,
manipulation in favor of the ‘compliant cheerleaders/propagandists’ (buffet, et
als) for this great american fraud and embrace of decline has become the rule
and not the exception. In fact, I’m surprised that the market hasn’t tanked
30-40% with the shutdown, so interconnected/dependent it’s become with
government induced contraindicated QE/welfare and a ‘hands-off approach’ to the
huge inflated ‘churn-and-earn hot potato paper fraud’ called wall street. The
‘so-called sell the sizzle’ tech sector also has become as preposterous as in
the dot-com bust days. } Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/02/2013 - 22:10 Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/01/2013
- 17:04 Submitted by williambanzai7 on
10/01/2013 13:32 -0400
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WOULD WE WANT TO' HELP ONE KID WITH CANCER? Some
Obamacare state websites see less than 1% signup rates... Debt
Held by Public Up 90% Since Jan '09... BLINK:
Reid offers to talk tax reform if GOP ends federal shutdown...
FLASH:
Senate Kills Bill to Fund Gov't... Congressman
Shows Obamacare Exchanges Crash Minutes After Launch Senate
Rejects House Proposal to Avoid Shutdown Hours Before Deadline Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/01/2013 - 15:23 While the recent surge in the Baltic
Dry Index was headlined as 'proof' that the global recovery was 'on', China is
back, and every retiree should BTFATH, we
recently noted, all was not at all it seems on the surface of this data.
Fast forward a few days and we have had 2 China PMI misses (notably
disappointing relative to their Flash prints) and now the Baltic Dry has plunged by its most in 11
months over the last 4 days. Of course, we've seen these kind
of ramps and dumps before in the Baltic Dry - though it is odd that we
don't hear the cheerleaders as the price collapses. Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/01/2013 - 14:57 We already
noted the apparently 'transitory' weakness in GM's numbers and huge surge
in channel-stuffing; but now the full numbers are in and it is not pretty. The annualized domestic vehicles sales
collapsed (by the most in 29 months) to 11.66 million - it's lowest in 11
months - missing expectations by the most since January 2009.
Stone McCarthy offers some hope that this does not signal "peak
autos" for this cycle as they note, "it would appear that sales
for September were pulled into August due to the extra selling days for August,
stemming from the manner in which the Labor Day weekend fell on the calendar
this year. Recall that August sales were firmer relative to expectations and
now we have September being weaker." Submitted by Tyler Durden on
10/01/2013 - 14:34 "Obamacare is a
disaster," is the
jumping-off point for David Stockman's latest tirade against the "greatest
expansion to the welfare state in the last 80 years," that was rammed
through congress on a totally partisan vote. In this brief Bloomberg TV clip,
Stockman "understands why the Republicans are willing to hold up
government if they have to," as there is growing intensity of partisanship
and resentment that can only bode ill for debt ceiling discussions... "The Republicans have to take a
stand." Government
Has Shut Down 18 Times Since 1976 Posted by :
George Washington Post date:
10/01/2013 - Not the End of the World Submitted by Tyler Durden on
09/30/2013 - 17:52 Marc Faber Warns “We Have Reached The Endgame Of Monetary Policy”
Zero Hedge | “One day this whole
credit bubble will be deflated very badly – you are going to experience a
complete implosion of all asset prices and the credit system…” State
and Local Taxes at All Time Highs Lew Rockwell Blog | I thought
Republicans on the state and local levels were more “conservative” than those
on the national level? You
are about to read some of the most shocking quotes that Barack Obama has ever
uttered in public. A few of these have been widely circulated, but most
of them are very obscure. Even though he claims to be a Christian,
throughout his political career Obama has repeatedly attacked traditional
Biblical Christianity and he has a very long history of
anti-Christian actions. In public speeches he has repeatedly cast doubt
on the Bible, he has repeatedly stated that he does not believe that Jesus is
necessary for salvation, and he has consistently said that he believes that all
“people of faith” believe in the same God. At the same time, Obama has
always referred to Muhammed as “the Prophet”, he has always expressed great
love and respect for Islam, and he has even removed all references
to Islam from terror training materials used by federal government
agencies. So what in the world does “the leader of the free world”
actually believe? Read the quotes below and (Read More....) 20 Quotes By Barack Obama About Islam 20 Quotes By Barack Obama About Christianity SHOCK:
Black Pastor Shot by Black Man, Killed During Church Service... Number of
Americans giving up citizenship soars... Pelosi
absent for vote... DELAY
OBAMACARE OR WE WILL SHUT IT DOWN NSA
Central to U.S. Assassination Program Posted by:
George Washington Post date:
09/29/2013 - Intelligence Agencies Central In
Assassination Programs Carried out Without Oversight Spy Agencies Are Doing WHAT? Posted by: George Washington Post date: 09/23/2013 - New Revelations Are Breaking Every Day Revelations about the breathtaking scope of government
spying are coming so fast that it's time for an updated roundup: "The NSA has mounted a systematic
campaign against the foundations of American power: constitutional checks and
balances, technological leadership, and market entrepreneurship. The NSA scandal is no longer about
privacy, or a particular violation of constitutional or legislative
obligations. The American body politic is suffering a severe
case of auto-immune disease: our defense system is attacking other critical
systems of our body". "We collect this information for many important
reasons: for one, it could provide the United States and our allies early
warning of international financial crises which could negatively impact the
global economy. It also could provide insight
into other countries' economic policy or behavior which could affect global
markets." "The authors of the [NSA slides] draw a comparison
with "1984," ... revealing the agency's current view of smartphones
and their users. "Who knew in 1984 that this would be Big Brother …"
the authors ask, in reference to a photo of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. And
commenting on photos of enthusiastic Apple customers and iPhone users, the NSA
writes: "… and the zombies would be paying
customers? NSA DIRECTOR ADMITS: NJ
property taxes up 13% under Christie... Obama
applauds mayoral candidate's vow to hike taxes in NYC... CNN:
3 alleged Kenya attackers from USA... Deep cuts at agency
responsible for investigating health-care fraud... Secret
American Subculture of Putin-Worshippers... { Secret … I doubt it … I believe
the Russia/Putin ‘miracle’ is worthy of praise and world class global
recognition as such! } Movement
grows to repeal Obamacare 'exemption' for Congress... OBAMA:
Republicans 'trying to mess with me'... 13
shot in mass shooting at Chicago park... CA
Dem wishes death upon Ted Cruz staffer's children... 17,679
things the federal government has done since sequestration... There is a reason why every
fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed. At some
point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the
temptation to wildly print more money. Sometimes, the motivation for
doing this is good. When an economy is really struggling, those that have
been entrusted with the management of that economy can easily fall for the lie
that things would be better if people just had "more money".
Today, the Federal Reserve finds itself faced with a scenario that is very
similar to what the Weimar Republic was facing nearly 100 years ago. Like
the Weimar Republic, the U.S. economy is also struggling and like the Weimar
Republic, the U.S. government is absolutely drowning in debt.
Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve has decided to adopt the same solution that
the Weimar Republic chose. The Federal Reserve is recklessly printing
money out of thin air, and in the short-term some positive things have come out
of it. But quantitative easing worked for the Weimar Republic for a
little while too. At first, more money caused economic activity to
increase and unemployment was low. But all of that money printing
destroyed faith in German currency and in the German financial system and
ultimately Germany experienced an economic meltdown that the world is still
talking about today. This is the path that the Federal Reserve is taking America down, but
most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening. (Read More....) Submitted
by Tyler
Durden on 09/19/2013 - 09:38 { How laughable to hear of
‘never-saw-a-war-he-didn’t-like’ neo-con mccain try to lecture the historically
formidable Vladimir Putin on the ‘rule of law’. What parallel universe is
senile mccain operating in? ( I’m going to even give ‘songbird’ mccain a pass
on his violation of military code while a POW so criticized by his fellow
POWs).The law is something that I know a lot about; from intense study and
direct experience, while mccain can’t possibly say the same. After all, there
are indeed a plethora of rules of law in pervasively corrupt, defacto bankrupt
america. The problem is, in venal america, they are not meaningful rules of law
as applied to some and not others (him and his et als in the latter category).
Wow! Talk about out of touch … or maybe he’s just used to such
drivel/propaganda being lapped up by the dumbed down american masses! See http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm for
reality! } PUTIN
NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE... The photo of an Asian giant
hornet posted above was taken by blogger
Kurt Bell, and as you can see, these Asian giant hornets are
freakishly huge. They are also extremely aggressive and they are not
afraid to attack people at all. And as you will read about below, getting
stung by one of them is exceedingly painful. If they only attacked humans
once in a while, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. Unfortunately, Asian
giant hornets appear to be multiplying rapidly and they have killed dozens of
people in China in recent months. But most Americans are not going to get
too concerned about a plague of giant hornets on the other side of the planet.
Well, what if I told you that Asian giant hornets are now spreading like
wildfire in this country and attacking people all over the United States?
Would I have your attention then? Because that is precisely what is
happening. The recent giant hornet attacks in
China have made headlines all over the (Read More....) Are you ready for bone chilling cold this winter?
The Old Farmer’s Almanac and other weather forecasters that rely on solar
activity as a factor in their weather forecasts are projecting that this
upcoming winter will be bitterly cold. Solar activity is at a 100 year
low, and even though we were supposed to be in the midst of a solar maximum
this year, our sun has been eerily quiet. So precisely what in the world
is going on? There have been other periods throughout history when solar
activity has been extraordinarily quiet, and those times have corresponded with
periods of extreme cold. For example, the “Maunder Minimum” which
stretched from 1645 to 1715 corresponded with the most bitterly cold period
that the earth experienced in the last 1000 years. So could we be heading
toward another “mini-ice age”? That is a question that some scientists
are now beginning to ask. Clearly, something unusual is happening with our
sun. The following is from a Universe Today article that was posted back in (Read More....) Debt
Ceiling Humor: "I Therefore Intend To Oppose The Effort To Increase
America's Debt Limit"
Is
The US Equity Market The Most Expensive In The World?
Over
the weekend, we
humbly suggested that the dream of ongoing US equity market multiple expansion
may be over. It would appear SocGen not only agrees but finds current
valuations very stretched. On
the basis of Price-to-Book (valuation) and return-on-equity (profitability),
the US equity market is extremely 'expensive'; and "hoping" for
further expansion on the RoE to save the day is whimsical
given the limits to leverage. Still, despite Obama's sell
signal, it appears from today's open that the BTFATH crowd remains alive and
well.Shut
Down, Debt Ceiling Round Up: All The Latest News And Developments
Feel
like you have missed any of today's (non) developments in the week-long
government shutdown debacle, or the countdown to the debt ceiling X-Date, which
now is 10 days away (or 222 hours as
dramatically inclined CNN helpfully points out), then this summary is for you.
From Bloomberg:Now
The Chinese Are Wagging Their Fingers At Obama
Fed
Magically Creates $180 Billion In Student And Car Loans Out Of Thin Air
Normally,
we would report the change in total consumer debt (revolving and non-revolving)
in this space, but today we will pass, for the simple reason that the number is
the merely the latest entrant in a long series of absolutely made up garbage.
It appears that in the "quiet period" of data releases, when the BLS
realized its "non-critical", pre-update 8MHz 8086-based machines are
unable to boot up the random number generator spreadsheets known as
"economic data", Ben Bernanke decided to quietly slip a modest
revision to the monthly consumer credit data. A modest revision, which amounts to a whopping $180 billion
cumulative increase in non-revolving credit beginning in January 2006. Stocks
Slump Most In 6 Weeks As VIX Spikes Most In Over 3 Months
The
Reason For The Selloff: Microcap Traders Punk'd With 100% Interactive Brokers
Margin Hike
The
massive outperformance of the smallest and most trashy companies over the past
year, month, week, day etc... stalled this afternoon. No news; no macro data;
no change in the situation in DC. So what was it? We
suspect the answer lies in the all-time record levels of margin that we
recently discussed holding up the US equity market. Interactive Brokers, it would appear, have
seen the light and over the next week or so will be increasing maintenance
margin to 100% - effectively squeezing the leveraged momentum
chasing muppets out of the market (or
at the very least halving their risk-taking abilities).The
Danger In Playing "Debt Ceiling Chicken": $440 Billion In Debt
Maturing Before November 15
The
chart below lay outs the amount of Bill, Note and Bond maturities between
October 18 and November 15: it
totals a whopping $441 billion... And according to our and the
BPC's preliminary calculations, just focusing on simply paying down this debt
in the all too likely case that the rollover machinery grinds to a halt, means that the Treasury would be about $180
billion short of paying down just the amounts due in the table above!BofAML
Says This Is The Line In The Sand For S&P 500 Downside Risk
Today's
JPY-driven opening ramp pulled the S&P 500 off its key trendline but is
fading now as once again hope turns to despair and reality. As BofAML notes,
while other US equity indices remain modestly constructive after a 2-day rally
on nothing, the S&P 500
remains poised for a downside test (and likely break) of its 11-month trendline
at 1666 (exposing the August 28th lows at 1627).Guest
Post: About That Shale Oil & Gas Miracle
Not a
day goes by without a story in the MSM by some industry shill about the
imminent energy independence of the Great American Empire. Shale oil and
gas will revolutionize the American energy prospects. We have hundreds of years
of oil and gas under our feet. We will be a net exporter in the next few years.
A glorious future awaits. It’s
all hype. Royal Dutch Shell is one of the biggest corporations
in the world, with financial resources greater than 99% of all the
organizations on earth. Their CEO probably knows a little bit more about oil
exploration than the Wall Street systers and CNBC bimbos. His company has poured $24 billion into
shale exploration in the U.S. It has been a huge failure. If Shell can’t make
it profitable, who can?Tornado
Threat Targets The Capital
With
A Looming Debt Ceiling X-Date And Still No Deal, Here Is Another Trade Idea
Obama
Reiterates - Will Only Negotiate After Getting Everything He Wants
*OBAMA: WON'T NEGOTIATE UNDER
'THREAT OF ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE'
*OBAMA TELLS CONGRESS TO
'MOVE BEYOND THIS MANUFACTURED CRISIS'These
Are The Key Debt Ceiling Choke Points
The
(Needed) Revolution Emerging in Higher Education
There is a profound disconnect between the
Higher Education cartel and the economy and what higher education should cost
in a world where information, instruction, and knowledge have fallen to the
cost of bandwidth; i.e., near zero. What was once costly and scarce
(knowledge and instruction) is now nearly free and abundant, readily available
on any digital device anywhere in the world with a connection to the Web.
There is no need to concentrate students in a campus with a library; every
web-connected digital device is a library and university combined. The Higher Education cartel is perfectly
happy to encourage degree inflation (at enormous expense, of course),
but this zeal for issuing student-loan-funded diplomas fails to address two
structural disparities: the one between the skills needed to prosper in the
emerging economy and the skills colleges are providing students, and the
widening income/wealth/education gap between the wealthy and the non-wealthy.
'Cracker'... { Niggers doing what they do instinctively
do, uncivilized apes that they are ‘… LAKEWOOD, Wash. -
A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was stabbed to death in a parking lot at the
12500 block of Pacific Highway Southwest around 2:30 a.m., officials say.
20-year-old Tevin Geike was walking with two other white soldiers along Pacific
Highway SW when a group of black men drove by and shouted a racial comment
toward the soldiers, the Lakewood Police Department said."One of the
soldiers yelled back something about the suspects treating combat soldiers with
disrespect," Lt. Chris Lawler said.The car turned around and the men
confronted the soldiers, according to reports. As the verbal confrontation
ensued, the driver of the vehicle realized the men were actually combat
veterans and called his friends off. While the men headed back to their
vehicle, one of the suspects appeared to have bumped into Geike, witnesses say.The
soldiers saw Geike fall to the ground as the car sped away. He was bleeding
profusely from stab wounds and died at the scene."We came down here, and
he was already dead in my brother's arms," said Glenn Zimmerman, a friend
of Geike…’ … of course it was a race-based hate crime! Why are people afraid to
call a spade a spade! Not embracing the
reality of the nigger has cost this nation and the world immeasurably … the
uncivilized niggers are indicative of societal decline! That’s particularly so
in america! }
Believed
to Have History of Mental Illness... { Riiiiight … the ‘mental illness
thing … reality: typical niggers … look at the stats! }
Suspect
pursued to Capitol...
20-car
police chase...
Small
child recovered from vehicle...Twitter Shuts Down ‘Truckers for the Constitution’
Former CIA Whistle-blower Targeted by
Govt. for Facebook Posts
Feds Won’t Investigate Subway Death
Due To “Shutdown”
SEAL Team Six Raids: More War On
Terror Theatrics
Justice Dept. Caught in Amber Alert
Takedown Hoax
BBC Caught Staging Syria Chemical
Weapons Propaganda?
Leader of Former Syrian Communist
Party and Member of CIA Controlled SNC Arrested
Americans More Interested in Miley
Cyrus, Football Than Obamacare or Govt. Shutdown
Feds Won’t Investigate Subway Death
Due To “Shutdown”
Justice Dept. Caught in Amber Alert
Takedown Hoax
BBC Caught Staging Syria Chemical
Weapons Propaganda?
Feds close pull-offs to bar views of
Mount Rushmore
Lake Mead property owners forced out
until shutdown ends
National Park rangers ordered to keep
visitors out of privately run businesses
Americans More Interested in Miley
Cyrus, Football Than Obamacare or Govt. Shutdown
Russell Brand & Alex Jones: The
Spiritual Revolution
RoLLeRDoPeS,
SaVY BuSiNeSSMeN AND A GuM CHeWiNG TWiSTeD SWiNDLeR...
.
.
http://albertpeia.com/93013mostlybanzai.htmDavid
Stockman Explains The Keynesian State-Wreck Ahead - Sundown In America
David
Stockman, author of The
Great Deformation, summarizes the last quarter century thus: What has been growing is the wealth of the
rich, the remit of the state, the girth of Wall Street, the
debt burden of the people, the prosperity of the beltway and the sway of the
three great branches of government - that is, the warfare state, the welfare
state and the central bank... NSA
Chief Admits "Only One Or Perhaps Two" Terror Plots Stopped By Spy
Program
The
last few days have been punctuated with fearmongery from Alexander and Clapper
over the shutdown's impact on the NSA and the increased threat of terror this
generates. However, as the Washington Times reports, things are a little
different in reality. Pressed by the Democratic chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing, Gen. Keith B. Alexander admitted that the number of
terrorist plots foiled by the NSA’s huge database of every phone call made in
or to America was only one or perhaps two — far smaller than the 54 originally
claimed by the administration.Jesse
Ventura Calls For "American Revolution" Against The "Corrupt
System"
Does
The NSA Think You're A Terrorist?
An
Insider Exposes The Algo Secrets Of The FX Market
From
algos to trading pschology and from market-maker's tricks to the quant models that
dominate, Batur Asmazoglu provides an insider's view of a large sell-side bank
FX trading desk. While the likes of Goldman's Thomas Stolper have proved it,
Asmazoglu's first 'secret' is that "while many believe the big investment banks are very sophisticated,
that is not the case at all."Citi
Warns US Equities Are A Cocktail of 2011, Slice Of 1998, Dash Of 2000
Looking
at the equity market and some of the background dynamics Citi's FX Technical
group cannot help but be reminded of 2011. They also warn, despite the constant
hope-driven rallies this week, there are also some aspects of what we saw in
1998 and similarities with 2000 that are worth noting. The bottom line, we have
had the view for some time that we would see a much deeper correction in the equity market (in excess of 20%). Recent
price action and developments might (just might) be suggesting that it is time
to revisit that theme.
House
approves back pay for federal workers...
Pentagon
recalls furloughed civilians...
Towns,
States Rally to Reopen National Parks...
Police
Remove Vietnam Vets at Memorial Wall...
Vets
Break Through Barricade at Iwo Jima Memorial...
'Circus'
outrages visitors...
Feds
attempt to close ocean...
Schiff: 'I
think there's going to be a depression'...
30
Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30 That Will Blow Your Mind
Why are young people in America so
frustrated these days? You are about to find out. Most young adults
started out having faith in the system. They worked hard, they got good
grades, they stayed out of trouble and many of them went on to college.
But when their educations where over, they discovered that the good jobs that
they had been promised were not waiting for them at the end of the
rainbow. Even in the midst of this so-called "economic
recovery", the full-time employment rate for Americans under the age of 30
continues to fall. And incomes for that age group continue to fall as
well. At the same time, young adults are dealing with record levels of
student loan debt. As a result, more young Americans than ever are putting
off getting married and having families, and more of them than ever are moving
back in with their parents. (Read More....) It can be absolutely
soul crushing when you discover that the "bright future" that the
system had been promising you for so many years turns out to be a lie. A
lot of young people ultimately give up on the system and many of them end up just
kind of drifting aimlessly through life. The following is an example from
a recent Wall Street Journal article... #1 The labor force participation rate for men
in the 18 to 24 year old age bracket is at an all-time low. #2 The ratio of what men in the 18 to 29 year
old age bracket are earning compared to the general population is at an all-time low. #3 Only about a third of all adults in their early 20s are
working a full-time job. #4 For the entire 18 to 29 year old age
bracket, the full-time employment rate continues to fall. In June 2012, 47 percent of that entire age group had
a full-time job. One year later, in June 2013, only 43.6 percent of that entire age group
had a full-time job. #5 Back in the year 2000, 80 percent of men
in their late 20s had a full-time job. Today, only 65 percent do. #6 In 2007, the unemployment rate for the 20
to 29 year old age bracket was about 6.5 percent. Today, the unemployment
rate for that same age group is about 13 percent. #7 American families that have a head of
household that is under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent. #8 During 2012, young adults under the age of
30 accounted for 23 percent of the workforce, but they accounted for a whopping
36 percent of the unemployed. #9 During 2011, 53 percent of all Americans with a
bachelor’s degree under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed. #10 At this point about half of all recent college graduates
are working jobs that do not even require a college degree. #11 The number of Americans in the 16 to 29
year old age bracket with a job declined by 18 percent between 2000 and 2010. #12 According to one survey, 82 percent of all Americans believe that
it is harder for young adults to find jobs today than it was for their parents
to find jobs. #13 Incomes for U.S. households led by someone
between the ages of 25 and 34 have fallen by about 12 percent after you
adjust for inflation since the year 2000. #14 In 1984, the median net worth of
households led by someone 65 or older was 10 times larger than the median net worth
of households led by someone 35 or younger. Today, the median net worth
of households led by someone 65 or older is 47 times larger than the median net worth
of households led by someone 35 or younger. #15 In 2011, SAT scores for young men were the
worst that they had been in 40 years. #16 Incredibly, approximately two-thirds
of all college students graduate with student loans. #17 According to the Federal Reserve, the total
amount of student loan debt has risen by 275 percent since 2003. #18 In America today, 40
percent of all households that are led by someone under the age of 35 are
paying off student loan debt. Back in 1989, that figure was below 20 percent. #19 The total amount of student loan debt in
the United States now exceeds the total amount of credit
card debt in the United States. #20 According to the U.S. Department of
Education, 11 percent of all student loans are at
least 90 days delinquent. #21 The student loan default rate in the
United States has nearly doubled since 2005. #22 One survey found that 70% of all college graduates wish that
they had spent more time preparing for the "real world" while they
were still in college. #23 In the United States today, there are more than 100,000 janitors that
have college degrees. #24 In the United States today, 317,000 waiters and
waitresses have college degrees. #25 Today, an all-time low 44.2 percent of all Americans between the
ages of 25 and 34 are married. #26 According to the Pew Research Center, 57 percent of all Americans in the 18 to 24 year old age
bracket lived with their parents during 2012. #27 One poll discovered that 29 percent of all Americans in the 25 to
34 year old age bracket are still living with their parents. #28 Young men are nearly twice as likely
to live with their parents as young women the same age are. #29 Overall, approximately 25 million American adults are living
with their parents according to Time Magazine. #30 Young Americans are becoming increasingly
frustrated that previous generations have saddled them with a nearly 17
trillion dollar national debt that they are expected to make payments
on for the rest of their lives.21
Of The Best Comments Posted By Frustrated Americans On The Official Obamacare
Facebook Page
WIRED
SHUT: BARRICADE AT WWII MEMORIAL REINFORCED...
Military
keeps Camp David open; Halts NFL, baseball coverage to troops overseas...
Autumn
'leaf season' in jeopardy...
Debt
ceiling fight dates to Founding Fathers...
Boehner
looking to temper expectations...
WH
asks for shutdown sob stories...
POLL:
88% say government 'in charge' of people... The CIA is ramping up covert
training program for Syrian rebels President Obama has waived
a ban on aiding regimes that use child soldiers The Department of Defense awarded 94 new contracts worth a
combined total of more than $5 billion dollars the day right before the
government shutdown DoD will continue to award contracts during the shutdown …
but will stop publicly announcing them The giant $2 billion
dollar NSA spying center in Utah is still opening (the NSA is part of the Department of Defense,
which carries out assassination and cyber-warfare campaigns, as well as destroying the
privacy of American citizens)Jim
Rogers Warns US Stock Investors "Be Careful... You're In A Fool's
Paradise"
"We
may well have had a big, big rally in the U.S. stock market, but it's not based on reality.
Government
Shutdown? 36 Facts Which Prove That Almost Everything Is Still Running
There
really is very little reason why this "government shutdown" cannot
continue indefinitely because almost everything is still running. 63
percent of all federal workers are still working, and 85 percent of all government activities are
still being funded during this "shutdown". It turns
out that the definition of "essential personnel" has expanded so much
over the years that almost everyone is considered "essential" at this
point. In fact, this
shutdown is such a non-event that even referring to it as a "partial
government shutdown" would really be overstating what is actually
happening. In the end, this shutdown could turn out to be very
good for America. We have a government that is wildly out of control and
that desperately needs to be reigned in.Wall
Street Headhunter: "I Haven't Seen Morale This Bad Since The Titanic"
One
thing is now abundantly clear: 2013 is now one big scratch for bankers who were
expecting that this year bonuses would finally pick up from the prior several
years mediocre performance and catch up to the record days of 2009 (just after
the biggest wholesale bank bailout in history). The WSJ
summarizes the situation best: "I haven't seen morale this bad since the
Titanic," said Richard Stein, a senior recruiter at Caldwell Partners
CWL.T -3.41% who specializes in financial services. And if bankers are not
happy, nobody else will be (here's looking at you dear perpetual banker bailout
ATM known as US taxpayers).
Have
Questions On Obamacare? Call 1-800-F U-CKYO
Government
Shutdown? 36 Facts Which Prove That Almost Everything Is Still Running
All of this whining and crying
about a "government shutdown" is a total joke. You see, there
really is very little reason why this "government shutdown" cannot
continue indefinitely because almost everything is still running. 63 percent
of all federal workers are still working, and 85 percent of all government
activities are still being funded during this "shutdown". Yes,
the Obama administration has been making a big show of taking down government
websites and blocking off the World War II Memorial, but overall business in
Washington D.C. is being conducted pretty much as usual. It turns out
that the definition of "essential personnel" has expanded so much
over the years that almost everyone is considered "essential" at this
point. In fact, this shutdown is such a non-event that even referring to
it as a "partial government shutdown" would really be overstating
what is actually happening. The following are 36 facts which prove that
almost everything is still running during this government shutdown... (Read More....) #1 According to U.S. Senator Rand Paul, 85 percent of all government activities
are actually being funded during this "government shutdown". #2 Approximately 1,350,000
"essential" federal employees will continue to work during this
"government shutdown". #3 Overall, 63 percent of the federal workforce will
continue to work during this "government shutdown". #4 The U.S. Postal Service will continue to deliver our mail. #5 U.S. military personnel will remain on duty and will continue to
get paid. #6 Social Security recipients will continue to get their benefits. #7 Medicare recipients will continue to get their benefits. #8 Medicaid recipients will continue to get their benefits. #9 Food stamp recipients will continue to get their benefits. #10 Those on unemployment will continue to get their benefits. #11 Federal retirees will continue to get their pensions. #12 The federal school lunch program has enough money to go through at least
the end of this month. #13 Public schools all over the country will continue to stay open. #14 Almost all federal law enforcement officials will continue working. #15 The Federal Reserve will remain "completely functional". #16 The Supreme Court will continue to operate normally
and federal courts have enough money to keep going for at least two weeks. #17 TSA employees will continue to molest travelers at our airports. #18 Air traffic controllers will continue to monitor traffic at our airports. #19 Hopelessly outmanned border patrol agents will
continue to try to stem the tide of illegal immigration. #20 Visas and passports will continue to be issued
by the State Department. #21 The Veterans Administration will continue to offer substandard medical
services, and it will be able to continue processing benefit payments at least for now. #22 The Obama administration apparently has plenty of money to spend
on closing open-air memorials that are usually open to the public 24 hours a
day. #23 The Department of Defense announced the awarding of
94 new contracts worth a combined
total of more than 5 billion dollars on September 30th - the day right before
the "government shutdown". #24 The "government shutdown" has not
prevented the new two
billion dollar NSA spy center from opening up. #25 Federal prisons will continue to operate normally. #26 Amtrak trains will continue to run. #27 The Patent and Trademark Office will be open. #28 The Consumer Product Safety Commission will
continue to issue product recalls if the products "create
an immediate threat to the safety of human life". #29 The National Weather Service and the National
Hurricane Center will continue
to track weather patterns. #30 If the federal government needs to respond to a
natural disaster, this "shutdown" will not affect that. #31 NASA will continue to support the Mars Rover and the two
American astronauts up on the International Space Station. #32 All city employees of the D.C. government have been deemed
"essential" and will continue to go to work. #33 Even though the Obamacare exchanges are not working properly,
people will still be able to access them. #34 The IRS will continue to collect taxes, but it will be
suspending punitive audits of conservative organizations. #35 Barack Obama will continue to get paid for the
full duration of this "shutdown". #36 The U.S. Congress will continue to get paid for the
full duration of this "shutdown".
Woman
tries to ram car into White House barricade... { Typical niggers … perfect
match for that other recent vintage killer, nigger, aaron alexis }
Believed
to Have History of Mental Illness... { Riiiiight … the ‘mental illness
thing … reality: typical niggers … look at the stats! }
Suspect
pursued to Capitol...
20-car
police chase...
Small
child recovered from vehicle...
SENATOR:
'I didn't get my Marine sword down to do battle, but I was ready to'...
Rangel
Blames Republicans...
Congressman
assaulted outside Capitol...
'Jihad'...
$175
monthly premium for a young, healthy student?
Insurance
Manager: 'We Have Yet To Have Someone Successfully Register'...
WH:
We 'Don't Have that Data'...
TV
Station Can't Find Anyone Who Signed Up...
WASHPOST
seeks public's assistance in search...
Some
state websites see less than 1% signup rates...
Louisiana:
Zero Enroll?
CA
says 5M hits; actual number 645K...
Barrycades:
Try to Close Privately Owned Mount Vernon...
Philly
tavern frequented by Founding Fathers shuttered...
Lodge
with 12 rooms closes on Cape Cod...
Monuments,
memorials stayed open during last shutdown...
Grocery
stores on Army bases closed, Obama's golf course open...DR
FeKYLL AND MR HYPe
Treasury
Warns Asset Manager "Herding" Threatens US Financial System
Just two
weeks ago we explained how when there is only one driving factor for market
performance and "too-many coat-tail clinging asset managers chasing too
few real alpha opportunities" then problems can arise. Critically, we
showed the correlation between
the S&P 500 and hedge fund returns has never been higher
and is approaching 1. So it is refreshing that the Treasury Department agrees
in a recent report that this "herding into popular assets" by
asset managers could pose a threat to the US financial system.
Say It Often Enough And It's True
To suggest that the United States is not
the richest country in
the world, or that the government could default, is tantamount to blasphemy.
It doesn’t matter that every objective scrap of evidence points to the
inevitable conclusion that the US government is going to have to default on its
obligations. The hubris and
arrogance here is amazing. And it just goes to show that if you just repeat
something over and over again, people will believe it... no matter how absurd. This
is the basic premise behind propaganda. Start with an idea. Inundate the
population through constant repetition. And soon it becomes the unquestionable
truth.SoRRY...
.
.
WAR
VETERANS THREATENED WITH ARREST...
REPORT:
WH rejected visit request...
PAUL:
'Goons' blocked landmark...
BARRYCADES:
Park Service workers erect fences...
More
guards than at Benghazi...
NPS says Obama admin ordered closure...
Reid
blames Republicans...
RNC
offers to pay to keep open...
Louisiana:
Zero Enroll?
FEEL
THE PAIN: IRS collecting money, not sending refunds during shutdown...
Just
6.6% of EPA employees deemed 'essential'...
9
out of 10 IRS workers sent home...
But
1,350,000 still on the job...
NPS Orders
Closure of Park that Receives No Federal Funding...
No
more golf for Obama?!
TV
network stories blame GOP 21-0... { Yeah, that ‘access/government welfare/fear thing’ is tough to
shake … I’m inclined to believe WOODWARD:
'On the president's head'... }
World
Bank Whistleblower Karen Hudes Reveals How The Global Elite Rule The World
Karen
Hudes is a graduate of Yale Law School and she worked in the legal department
of the World Bank for more than 20 years. In fact, when she was fired for
blowing the whistle on corruption inside the World Bank, she held the position
of Senior Counsel. She was in a unique position to see exactly how the
global elite rule the world, and the information that she is now revealing to
the public is absolutely stunning. According to Hudes, the elite use a
very tight core of financial institutions and mega-corporations to dominate the
planet. The goal is control. They want all of us enslaved to debt,
they want all of our governments enslaved to debt, and they want all of our
politicians addicted to the huge financial contributions that they funnel into
their campaigns. Since the elite also own all of the big media companies,
the mainstream media never lets us in on the secret that there is something
fundamentally wrong with the way that our system works. (Read More....)
DEMS VOTE TO KEEP TAX ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT...
House
GOP: Eliminate subsidies for Congress!
REQUIRE
ADMINISTRATION TO SIGN UP!
CORN:
Will Obama get very mad?
Even
in shutdown, Feds get overtime, comp time, 'Sunday pay'...
Kerry
still going on Tokyo/Bali trip... BREAKING
BAD
REPORT:
DNC 'nearly broke'...
FAT CITY:
Obesity up 25% in NYC under Nanny Bloomberg...
Train
Runs Over Couple Having Sex on Tracks...
Thugs
Armed with Tasers Terrorizing DC Streets...
Global Growth Hopes Fade As Baltic Dry Drops Most In 11 Months
Domestic Vehicle Sales Plunge; Miss By Most Since Jan 2009
David Stockman Fears Intense Resentment Over "Disaster" That Is
Obamacare
Why
Are They Trying So Hard To Demonize Gun Owners?
There is an all-out effort to
demonize gun owners in the United States today. Those that own guns are
repeatedly portrayed as being uneducated, mentally deficient racists in the
mainstream media. No evidence is ever produced to actually back up those
claims. Gun owners regularly make lists of “potential terrorists” in official government
documents, and many government officials openly regard them as
ultra-paranoid “conspiracy nuts” that are a serious threat to national
security. Of course the truth is that gun owners are actually among the
most law-abiding and patriotic people in the entire nation, but that doesn’t
really fit with the radical gun control agenda of the progressive elite.
In order to move their agenda forward, they must make gun owners look bad, and
they will go to ridiculous extremes in order to achieve that goal. And to
a certain extent, it is working. As you will see below, some large
financial companies no longer want to conduct business with gun owners, and
just the sight of a gun is enough to get people freaking out and calling the
police in many communities in America today. (Read More.....)
Widespread
Glitches in 34 States...
PAPER:
America's Superpower Status Ebbs Away...
FOURNIER:
Beginning of the End for Washington...
CLOSED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
Senate
votes NOT to negotiate with House on compromise...
Kerry
still going on Tokyo/Bali trip...
Illegal
to walk on National Mall?
FLASHBACK:
Government has shut down 17 times since 1976...
Are
the WH chefs 'essential'?Toddler
Among 4 Stabbed in NYC...
'He
was walking through park and just started going after people'...Man
Shot 8 Times During Robbery At Historic Philly Park... { Niggers! }
Oxford
Professors: Robots And Computers Could Take Half Our Jobs Within The Next 20
Years
What
are human workers going to do when super-intelligent robots and computers are
better than us at doing everything?
That is one of the questions that a new study by Dr. Carl Frey and Dr.
Michael Osborne of Oxford University sought to address, and what they concluded
was that 47 percent of all U.S. jobs could be automated within the next 20
years. Considering the fact that the percentage of the U.S. population
that is employed is already far lower than it was a decade ago,
it is frightening to think that tens of millions more jobs could disappear due
to technological advances over the next couple of decades. I have written
extensively about how we are already losing millions of
jobs to super cheap labor on the other side of the globe. What are middle
class families going to do as technology also takes away huge numbers of our
jobs at an ever increasing pace? We live during a period of history when
knowledge is increasing an an exponential rate. In the past, when human
workers were displaced by technology it also created new kinds of jobs that the
world had never seen before. But what happens when the day arrives when
computers and robots can do almost everything more cheaply and more efficiently
than humans can? (Read More....)Q3
Earnings Warnings Second-Worst Since 2001
US
companies are warning about Q3 earnings at the second highest level since 2001,
with estimates well below what they were just three short months ago. Of
course, the US equity markets don't care - having rallied aggressively in the
face of this collapse; lubricated by multiple-expanding QE and rev. repo. As Reuters
reports, companies
issuing negative outlooks outnumber positive ones by 5.2-to-1,
the most negative since the 6.3-to-1 ratio in the second quarter, when however
the "second half recovery" (which has been once again indefinitely
delayed, perhaps to the third half?) was said would take place momentarily and
lead to another mythical rebound. Industrials, Materials, and Tech top the list
for negative pre-announcements. 20
Obama Quotes About Islam Contrasted With 20 Obama Quotes About Christianity
#1 “The future must not belong
to those who slander the Prophet of Islam” #2 “The sweetest sound I know is
the Muslim call to prayer” #3 “We will convey our deep
appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries
to shape the world — including in my own country.” #4 “As a student of history, I
also know civilization’s debt to Islam.” #5 “Islam has a proud tradition
of tolerance.” #6 “Islam has always been part
of America” #7 “we will encourage more
Americans to study in Muslim communities” #8 “These
rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in
advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.” #9 “America and Islam are not
exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share
common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all
human beings.” #10 “I made clear that America
is not – and never will be – at war with Islam.” #11 “Islam is not part of the
problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting
peace.” #12 “So I
have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was
first revealed” #13 “In ancient times and in
our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and
education.” #14 “throughout history, Islam
has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious
tolerance and racial equality.” #15 “Ramadan is a celebration of
a faith known for great diversity and racial equality” #16 “The Holy Koran tells us,
‘O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into
nations and tribes so that you may know one another.’” #17 “I
look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White
House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.” #18 “We’ve seen those results
in generations of Muslim immigrants – farmers and factory workers, helping to
lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build
some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our
universe.” #19 “That experience guides my
conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what
Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as
president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam
wherever they appear.” #20 “I also know that Islam has
always been a part of America’s story.” #1
“Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation” #2 “We do not consider ourselves a Christian
nation.” #3 “Which
passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with
Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an
abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your
child if he strays from the faith?” #4 “Even
those who claim the Bible’s inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural
edicts, sensing that some passages – the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in
Christ’s divinity – are central to Christian faith, while others are more
culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.” #5 “The
American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of
Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage
nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious
leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should
recognize this wisdom in their politics.” #6 From Obama’s book, The
Audacity of Hope: “I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens
a civil union that confers equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital
visitation or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love are
of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the Bible that
considers an obscure line in Romans to be more defining of Christianity than
the Sermon on the Mount.” #7 Obama’s
response when asked what his definition of sin is: “Being out of alignment with
my values.” #8 “If all it took was someone
proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was
all there was to it, people wouldn’t have to keep coming to church, would
they.” #9 “This is something that I’m
sure I’d have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the
difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some
level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There’s the belief,
certainly in some quarters, that people haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their
personal savior that they’re going to hell.” #10 “I find it hard to believe
that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can’t
imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never
interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity.
That’s just not part of my religious makeup.” #11 “I don’t presume to have
knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether
the reward is in the here and now or in the hereafter, the aligning myself to
my faith and my values is a good thing.” #12 “I’ve said this before, and
I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not
believe that my mother, who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I
know … I do not believe she went to hell.” #13 “Those opposed to abortion
cannot simply invoke God’s will–they have to explain why abortion violates some
principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.” #14 On his
support for civil unions for gay couples: “If people find that controversial
then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.” #15 “You got into these small
towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs
have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell
through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each
successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna
regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter,
they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or
anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their
frustrations.” #16 “In our household, the
Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of
Greek and Norse and African mythology” #17 “On Easter or Christmas
Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist
temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient
Hawaiian burial sites.” #18 “we have Jews, Muslims, Hindus,
atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have
to revere and respect as much as our own” #19 “All of us have a
responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and
Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of
the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when
Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and
a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in
the story of Isra — (applause) — as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus,
and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer. (Applause.)” #20 “I
believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that
there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.” About the author: Michael
T. Snyder is a former Washington D.C. attorney who now publishes The Truth. His new thriller entitled “The
Beginning Of The End” is now available on Amazon.com.
Maine
communities contemplate 'neighborhood secession'...
Senate
Will Reject...
Obama
Will Veto...
'SHUTDOWN'
LOOMS...
Digital
Revolution Rallies Troops...
BOEHNER
MAKES MOVE
Islamic
Terror Groups Are Killing Christians All Over The World And Obama Wants Us To
Ally With Them
Over the past couple of days, we
have witnessed some absolutely horrific examples of Islamic terror groups
specifically targeting Christians and those from other non-Muslim
religions. Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. Radical Islamic
jihadists are constantly attacking churches and slaughtering Christians all
over the planet. The recent events in Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt may have
taken this persecution to a new level, but this is just the continuation of a
trend that has been building for years. Unfortunately, Barack Obama does
not seem too concerned about Islamic terrorism. In fact, he specifically
directed that “all references to Islam” be
removed from terrorism training materials that the federal government
uses. If that wasn’t bad enough, now Obama is actually supplying weapons
to the radical jihadist rebels that want to take over Syria, and he appears to
be very ready to use the U.S. military to attack the Assad regime directly if
“negotiations” with the Syrian government fail. In essence, Obama wants
the United States to be allies with psychotic jihadists that have the exact
same radical philosophy that those who are killing Christians in Pakistan,
Kenya and Egypt have. (Read More.....) The government
is spying on essentially everything
we do. It is not just
"metadata" ... although that is enough
to destroy your privacy The government has
adopted a secret interpretation of the Patriot Act which allows it to pretend
that "everything"
is relevant ... so it spies on everyone. For example, the NSA
"oversight" court believes the mere
claim that terrorists use the phone system is enough to show that all phone
records are relevant NSA
whistleblowers say that the NSA collects all of our conversations word-for-word It's not just
the NSA ... Many other agencies, like the FBI and IRS – concerned only with domestic
issues - spy on Americans as well. The Drug Enforcement Administration has
had direct access to AT&T phone records for 25
years The information
gained through spying is shared
with federal,
state and local agencies, and they are using that information to prosecute petty
crimes such as drugs and taxes. The agencies are instructed to intentionally
"launder" the information gained through spying, i.e. to pretend
that they got the information in a more legitimate way ... and to hide
that from defense attorneys and judges The Department
of Health and Human Services will also have access to vast
quantities of sensitive federal data on Americans as part of Obamacare
(here's the underlying Government Accountability Office report) The NSA not
only shares our information with other American agencies, it
also gives personal, sensitive unfiltered information on Americans to Israel and
other
foreign nations And it's not
only governments. Private contractors can also view
all of your data (and the government isn’t
keeping track of which contractors see your data and which don’t). And
because background
checks regarding some contractors are falsified, it is hard to know the
types of people that might have your information. Indeed, private
contractors are involved in spying on behalf of governments world-wide It's not just
your computer and your phone. It is well-documented that the government may be
spying on us through cars
and buses, streetlights, at airports and on the street, via mobile scanners and
drones, through our smart meters, and in many other ways Top
counter-terror experts say that the government’s mass spying doesn't keep us safe Indeed, they
say that mass spying actually hurts U.S.
counter-terror efforts (more here
and here) They say we
can, instead, keep
everyone safe without violating the Constitution ... more cheaply and efficiently
than the current system There is no real oversight
by Congress, the courts, or the
executive branch of government. And see this and this. Indeed, most Congress
members had no
idea what the NSA is doing. Even staunch defenders of the NSA -
and congress
members on the intelligence oversight committees - now say they've
been kept in
the dark A Federal judge
who was on the secret spying court for 3 years says
that it's a kangaroo
court Even the current
judges on the secret spying court now admit that they're
out of the loop and powerless to exercise real oversight. When these
judges raised concerns about NSA spying, the Justice Department completely ignored
them A former U.S. president
says that the spying program shows that we no
longer have a functioning democracy The chairs of
the 9/11 Commission say that NSA
spying has gone way too far Top
constitutional experts say that Obama and Bush are worse
than Nixon ... and the Stasi East Germans While the
government initially claimed that mass surveillance on Americans prevented more
than 50 terror attacks, the NSA’s deputy director John Inglis walked that
position back all the way to saying that – at
the most
– one (1)
plot might
have been disrupted by the bulk phone records collection alone. In other
words, the NSA can't prove that stopped any terror attacks. The government greatly
exaggerated an alleged recent terror plot for political purposes (and
promoted the fearmongering of serial liars). The argument that recent
terror warnings show that NSA spying is necessary is so weak that American
counter-terrorism experts have slammed it as "crazy
pants" You're much
more likely to be killed by brain-eating amoeba,
lightning or a toddler than by terrorism. Even President Obama
admits that you're
much less likely to be killed by terrorists than a car accident. So the
government has resorted to lamer
and lamer excuses
to try to justify mass surveillance Experts say
that the
spying program is illegal, and is exactly the kind of
thing which King
George imposed on the American colonists ... which led to the Revolutionary War A Harvard law
school professor - and director of the Berkman Center for Internet &
Society at Harvard University - says: The top
counter-terrorism Czar under Clinton and Bush says that revealing
NSA spying programs does not harm national security The
feds are considering prosecuting the owner of a private email company -
who shut down his business rather than turning over records to the NSA - for
refusing to fork over the information and keep quiet. This is a little like
trying to throw someone in jail because he's died and is no longer paying taxes Whistleblowers
on illegal spying have no "legal"
way to get the information out Spying
started before
9/11 ... and various
excuses have been used to spy on Americans over the years Governments and
big corporations are doing everything they can to
destroy
anonymity Mass spying creates
an easy mark for
hackers.
Indeed, the Pentagon
now sees the collection of "big data" as a "national
security threat" ... but the NSA is the biggest data collector on the
planet, and thus provides a tempting mother lode of information for foreign
hackers Mass
surveillance by the NSA directly
harms internet companies, Silicon Valley, California … and the entire U.S. economy.
For example, Facebook lost 11
millions users as of April mainly due to privacy concerns (and that was before
the Snowden revelations). And see these reports from Boingboing and the Guardian IT
and security
professionals are quite
concerned about government spying Some people make
a lot of
money off of mass spying. But the government isn't
using the spying program to stop the worst
types of lawlessness The NSA spying
program is unambiguously being used for industrial espionage, by spying on large
foreign corporations, and the biggest financial
payments
systems such as VISA and Swift. Indeed, in a slide leaked
by Edward Snowden, "economic"
was one of the main justifications for spying The top U.S.
spy's justifications for such financial spying is not
very reassuring: Top financial
experts say that the NSA and other intelligence agencies are using the
information to profit
from this inside information The Wall Street
Journal reported that the NSA spies on Americans’ credit card transactions.
Many other agencies are doing the same. In fact, virtually all U.S. intelligence
agencies – including the CIA and NSA – are going to spy on Americans’
finances. The IRS will also be spying on
Americans’ shopping
records, travel, social interactions, health records and files from other
government investigators Polls show that
the public doesn’t believe the NSA … and thinks that the
government has gone way too far in the name of
terrorism While leaker
Edward Snowden is treated as a traitor by the fatcats and elites, he is considered
a hero
by the American public. Members of the Executive,
Legislative and Judicial branches of government have all praised
the debate on spying which Snowden's leaks started The heads of
the intelligence services have repeatedly
been caught lying
about spying. And even liberal publications are starting to say that Obama
has been intentionally lying about spying. The government claimed that most
spying programs ended in 2011, when - in fact - they were expanded
that year Obama says
he'll rein in spying ... but his words
and deeds indicate that he won't. Indeed, Obama appointed
the fox to guard
the chicken coop. No wonder only
11% of Americans trust Obama to actually do anything to rein in spying A huge majority
of Americans wants the director of intelligence - Clapper - prosecuted for perjury.
One of the chairs of the 9/11 Commission agrees While the Obama
administration is spying on everyone in the country – it is at the same time
the most secretive administration ever (background). That’s despite Obama saying
he’s running the most transparent
administration ever The NSA treats
the American people with contempt. For
example, Spiegel notes: Worse, the
intelligence agencies often view normal, true-blue Americans as potential
terrorists
(and see
this) A Congressman
noted that - even if a mass surveillance program is started
for good purposes - it will inevitably turn
into a witch
hunt There are
indications that the spy agencies aren't just passively gathering information,
but are actively
using it in mischievous ways Surveillance
can be used to frame you
if someone in government happens to take a dislike to you Government
spying has always
focused on crushing dissent … not on keeping us safe An NSA
whistleblower says that the
NSA is spying on – and blackmailing – top government officials and military
officers (and see
this) High-level US
government officials have warned
for 40 years that mass surveillance would lead to tyranny in America A top NSA
whistleblower says that the only way to fix things is to fire all
of the corrupt government officials who let it happen. As the polls above show,
the American public is starting to wake up to that fact
...
Collecting data from social networks
...
Testing U.S. cellphone tracking
...
Releasing 'misleading' numbers on terror plots foiled by snooping
Raises
concerns in U.S....
Gunmen
executed non-Muslims after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother...
'Could they be more out
of touch?'
'We
are not some Banana Republic'... { Au contraire … http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm }
3-year-old
boy shot in face...
Quantitative
Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too
Druckenmiller
Blasts "The Biggest Redistribution Of Wealth From The Poor To The Rich
Ever"
Reflecting
on exactly what was said yesterday, Duquesne's Stanley Druckenmiller is
initially perplexed as Bernanke explained 'financial conditions' - not interest
rates - have prompted the decision to forestall any taper. His confusion is
that financial conditions are actually slightly better than they were in June
and "a stock market at
an all-time high would suggest we don't have a problem with financial
conditions." While he dismisses surveys, the big-money was
betting that they were going to taper as is clear from the moves in gold,
bonds, and stocks; and it appears the Fed "lost their nerve." In
fact, Druck continues, the
Fed "blew it... they had a freebie," they could have
started the process to "get us off the dope." This action, or
inaction, he warns "is going to make it so much harder for the next
Chairman to start the process." In fact, he concludes, that from beginning to end - once markets adjust
from these subsidized prices - that the wealth effect of QE will have been
negative not positive.McCain's
self-defeating Pravda op-ed can only help Putin Washington Post (blog) - by
Max Fisher Senator
John McCain, a frequent critic of the Kremlin, responded to Russian
President Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed
with his own, ...
DOCTOR OBAMACARE, a
photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel
Flick on Flickr.Dozens
Killed By Freakishly Huge Hornets In China – And Now They Are Attacking People
In The U.S. Too
Yellowstone
Supervolcano Alert: The Most Dangerous Volcano In America Is Roaring To Life
Right
now, the ground underneath Yellowstone National Park is rising at a record
rate. In fact, it is rising at the rate of about three inches per
year. The reason why this is such a concern is because underneath the
park sits the Yellowstone supervolcano – the largest volcano in North
America. Scientists tell us that it is inevitable that it will erupt
again one day, and when it does the devastation will be almost
unimaginable. A full-blown eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano would
dump a 10 foot deep layer of volcanic ash up to 1,000 miles away, and it would
render much of the United States uninhabitable. When most Americans think
of Yellowstone, they tend to conjure up images of Yogi Bear and “Old Faithful”,
but the truth is that sleeping underneath Yellowstone is a volcanic beast that
could destroy our nation in a single day and now that beast is starting to wake
up. (Read More.....)Are
You Prepared For An Extremely Bitterly Cold Winter? Solar Activity Is At A 100
Year Low
